The west Kerry Gaeltacht village of Ballyferriter indulged in an evening of nostalgia on this week when UCC presented its refurbished learning centre on the site of a former community dance hall and picture house.

In May 2018 large sections of Ireland’s citizenry unapologetically devoured even the most trifling details of the wedding of Prince Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle. It was not that different in 1981, when Prince Charles married Lady Diana. (Although, in the depths of the Troubles, Irish citizens were more discreet.)